And Sweep It Into Space is a masterpiece of zoned dialing. But it would take more than a mere Plague to tamp down the exquisite fury of this trio when they are fully dialed-in. Originally scheduled for issue in mid 2020, this record's temporal trajectory was thwarted by the coming of the Plague. They continue to expand their personal universe with Sweep It Into Space, without ever losing their central core.Here is Sweep It Into Space, the fifth new studio album cut by Dinosaur Jr. They have a signature sound as sure as the Stooges or Sonic Youth or Discharge ever did. Some are power ballads, and there are anomalies, like вЂњTake It Back,вЂќ which starts with a blue-beat rhythm putting one in mind of Keith RichardsвЂ™ Jamaican explorations (at least for a little bit.)Д«ut there are very few moments where you wouldnвЂ™t know you were hearing Dinosaur Jr. Some are guitar howlers, with a string sound midway between Hendrix and Asheton. JвЂ™s tracks flow and flower in the different directions he often follows. LouвЂ™s songs here are as elegant as always.

But it was cool.вЂќДЄs is typical, Lou BarlowВ writes and sings two of the albumвЂ™s dozen tunes (delivering perhaps his finest Dinosaur contribution in вЂњGardenвЂќ) and MurphвЂs pure-Flinstonian drumming drives the record like a go cart from Hell. When the lockdown happened in March, that meant I was on my own. But the recording session was pretty well finished by the time things really hit the fan.

I was listening to a lot of Thin Lizzy, so I was trying to get some of that dueling twin lead sound. The only extra musician used this time was Kurt Vile, who co-producedВ the album and played the lead 12 string on the upbeat вЂњI Ran Away.вЂќ J MascisвЂ™ voice is immediately catchy over soaring, electrifying guitar lines.ДЄfter recording with Kurt got disrupted, J Mascis вЂњended up just mimicking a few things heвЂ™d done. Recorded, as usual, at AmherstвЂ™s Biquiteen, the sessions for Sweep It Into SpaceВ began in the late Autumn of 2019, following a West Coast/South East tour. produces is nothing but a beautiful new version of the rock continuum вЂ“ riff, power, beat and longing, created with an eye on the infinite future. There had always been melodies at the center of everything they did. In the decades since the release of Dinosaur Jr.вЂ™s original triptych of foundational albums, it has become clear that their sound, once hailed as a sort of almost-tamed noise, is/was/always-has-been fully functioning pop music of a sort.

And Sweep It Into SpaceВ is a masterpiece of zoned dialing. Originally scheduled for mid-2020, this recordвЂ™s temporal trajectory was thwarted by the coming of the Plague. Dinosaur Jr.В returnВ with Sweep It Into Space, their new album out April 23rd on Jagjaguwar, and a new single, вЂњ I Ran Away.вЂќ Sweep It Into SpaceВ is their first new collection of music since 2016вЂ™s Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not,В continuing what is perhaps the greatest вЂњsecond actвЂќ of any band ever.

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